Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2025 | Marie-Helene Boulanger Head of Unit | Consultation of civil society representatives in the context of the preparation of the upcoming European Democracy Shield (“focus group”) | — |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Marie-Helene Boulanger Head of Unit | Consultation of civil society representatives in the context of the preparation of the upcoming European Democracy Shield (“focus group”) | SRC |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Florian Geyer Head of Unit | Rule of Law Report | — |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Florian Geyer Head of Unit | Rule of Law Report | SRC |
| 22 Jul 2024 | Diana Vlad-Calcic Cabinet member | AI, elections, disinformation | — |
| 22 Jul 2024 | Diana Vlad-Calcic Cabinet member | AI, elections, disinformation | SRC |
| 10 Jun 2024 | Věra Jourová Vice-President | Elections and disinformation | — |
| 10 Jun 2024 | Věra Jourová Vice-President | Elections and disinformation | SRC |
| 24 Jun 2021 | Marie Frenay Cabinet member | Media pluralism | — |
| 24 Jun 2021 | Marie Frenay Cabinet member | Media pluralism | SRC |
| 05 May 2021 | Alvaro De Elera Cabinet member | Rule of Law - panel discussion | — |
| 05 May 2021 | Alvaro De Elera Cabinet member | Rule of Law - panel discussion | SRC |
| 29 Sept 2020 | Renate Nikolay Cabinet member | Digital agenda for Europe | — |
| 29 Sept 2020 | Renate Nikolay Cabinet member | Digital agenda for Europe | SRC |
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EU Legislative Interests
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Communication Activities
Under the German Federal Foreign Office-funded project „Ein Europa für das digitale Zeitalter - Konsultation der EU Zivilgesellschaft zur Regulierung von online-Diskursen, begleitend zu EU Regulierungsdebatten" (A Europe fit for the digital age - Consultation of EU civil society for the regulation of online discourse and EU regulation debates), DRI is and has organised several events and publications in 2020. First, we organised an online workshop 31 March - 1 April, "A Europe fit for the digital age: Civil society input into EU regulation of online platforms and democratic discourse", where we invited speakers from DG Connect, DG Justice, the EEAS, Facebook representatives, academics, and civil society organisations around the EU. After hearing from the EU Commission, EEAS, and Facebook representative, in working groups we discussed the gaps and potential recommendations for addressing online disinformation, illegal content and hate speech, online political finance, and transparency and accountability. Discussions from the workshop led to a report, which included recommendations to tackle online disinformation, illegal and harmful content, online political finance, and to promote transparency and accountability. Overarching issues that should be addressed by the EU’s regulatory plans were also addressed, such as the need to recognise the relevance of the online sphere, the equality of member states, the question of liability for content, obligations of monitoring and the role of a regulator. Published in July, you can find it here: https://democracy-reporting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-07_CS_Tech_Regulation_Recommendations.pdf The report and workshop also fed into our submissions for the public consultations of the DSA and the EDAP. We are planning similar events in Berlin and Brussels in autumn 2020 to connect the German debate on online hate speech regulation and disinformation with the regulatory debate currently taking place in Brussels.
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